Streaming Mental Health and Illness : Essays on Representation in Netflix Original Programs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katseanes, Emily.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Netflix (Firm).

Mental illness on television.

Streaming video--Social aspects.

Streaming video.

Genre:

Television criticism and reviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (194 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2022.

Summary:

"From mindfulness in schools to meditation apps, mental health is bursting out of the psychiatrist's chair and into our everyday conversations. As awareness of mental health increases, so does its predominance in popular culture, which makes for a particularly interesting investigation into the representation of these concerns on our most ubiquitous streaming service: Netflix. These eight essays explore how the service's original content jumps into those conversations, creating helpful--or harmful--messaging about the inner workings of our minds. From toxic masculinity to PTSD, adolescence to motherhood, mental health touches our lives in myriad ways. This interdisciplinary collection explores these intersections, examining how representations of mental health on our screens shape our understanding of it in our lives"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Introduction

Making Visible the Incomprehensible

"Born with a leak"

Fear of Infectious Psychopathy in Mindhunter

"Escaping is not the same as making it"

"Everybody seems to be doing super great, and I'm kind of not"

"It's got to be in your head"

Madness as Mystic Purpose in Sense8

The Memeification of Mental Illness

About the Contributors

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Katseanes, Emily Streaming Mental Health and Illness

ISBN:

9781476646558

OCLC:

1525275889